Woven fabric.



' No. 879,736. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

0. L. GHRISTMANN.

' WOVEN FABRIC.

APPLICATION F ILED APR. 12. 1907.

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ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

WOVEN FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed April 12. 1907- Serial No. 367,771.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. CHRrsr- MANN, acitizen of the United States, residat Englewood, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful 1m rovements in W ven Fabrics, of which the ollowing is a specification.

The invention relates generally to an improvement in woven fabrics, and more particularly to so weaving the fabric as to produce a design which will permit the use of the resultant article in its original form or in a cut-corner form without destroying the continuity of the design. ,V

The present invention is directed primarily to weaving in a hate character, so as to produce an article which is complete in either of two forms, so

' that in either form the continuity of thedev the side selvage edges 3 sign is maintained and the.article perfect and com lete.

T 1e article designed to be produced b my improvement is a counterpane or be spread with the design so woven in that the article is adapted for use in the usual rectangular shape, or is adapted for use with two or more corners cut therefrom to pro vide de ending flaps to fit about the corner posts 0" the bedstead.

For a more particularunderstandin of the resent invention, reference will be had in t e following specification to the aecornpanying drawing, in which The figure represents a plan view of a counterpane or edspread with the design woven in according to the present invention.

In carrying out the present method, it is to be understood that the fabric 1 is woven in any usual or preferred manner to provide a fabric section of the proper length and Width desired.

During the process of weaving the fabric, the design on the surface thereof is woven in, and it is in the production of this design that the particular invention herein claimed relates.

In weaving the design I first produce what I term a design outline 2, which results from Weaving into the fabric additional threads along the outline of said edge 2. This design outline extends in arallel relation to of the fabric section,

terminating, however, some distance from design of any determi-' the ends 4: of the fabric section. At the terminal of the side lengths of the design outline 2, the weaving is continued to direct said outline inward toward the'longitudinal central line of the fabric section for a determinate distance, as at 5, and at the terminal of the length 5, said outline is continued toward the ends 4 of the fabric section, as at 6, the terminals of the lengths 6 being connected by an end length 7 projected in spaced parallel relation with the selvage edge 4 at. the end of the fabric section.

The outline including the lengths 2, 5, 6,

and 7, form, of course, a continuous unbroken line, and constitutewhatis hereini fter' referred to as the design selvage out- As will be noted from the drawings the lengths 5 and 6 extend approximately in parallel relation respectively with the fabric section edges 4 and 3, and the extent of these respective sections 5 and 6 is to be determined solely by the length of the'flap desired.

Within the design outline described I weave an additionalborder line 8, following the design outline throughout its len th and being slightly spaced therefrom. T e central or main design may be of any form. outline, or configuration, is included within the space boundedv by a line oining the respective junctures of the lengths 5 and 6, so that the centralder sign as woven does not extend to either of the flaps formed by the design outline lengths 5 and 6.

A border desi n is woven into the fabric, being included etween the design outline lengths 2 and 4 and the proximate edges of the central design. I thus at no point or part of the fabric equal in length to the similar dimension of the fabric section on which the particular border roviding approximately is placed, thereby e fabric section beyond square corners of t the design outline with a border design forming a continuation of the border design within the design out line. As a part of the present invention, however, the said cornersjbeyond the sections 5 and 6 of the design outline may, if

desired, be formed with a design corresponding to the border design within the design The border design is which are not provided 9 of the article, which Y fromt'he'design outline lengths and 6; f 'In completed form. the article produced by the present invention represents a fabric outline, though it s to. be understood that 'this de'sig'nfwhich may be hereinafter termed the-corner design, is spaced to' some extent ,section'j'of 'desired'length and breadth), on

which is woven a designincluding a design outline of such configuration as'to leave square .or approximately square corner'por- 'tions of the fabric section beyond the desi 11 There is, therefore, included W t Outline. 7 in'this' designoutline a central sectlon corresponding in outline to the outline of the fabric section, andhaving side-and end flaps s of approximately e, ual widths and lengt respectively to the similar dimensions of the central section. The central section is woven with adesign complete in itself, and the 'fiap sections are woven with designslforming' a, continuation of each other, so that when the free edges of the respective flaps are arranged in' juxtaposition the flap design Wlll be. unbroken 'and the continuity of efiect preserved.

' 1 -'i.-'l1he corners of the fabric section beyond the design outline may, if preferred, be

[.woven in any independent desi n, the four corners being, of course, identica or maybe plain at the will of the manufacturer.- By

reference the design outline is of scalloped orm,,as shown, and the junctures of the lengths 5 and 6 are rounded rather than angular to more sungly fit the corner posts of the bedstead.

' With the bedspread woven in the'manner described, it is obvious that a complete bedspread of ordinary form is provided with. an unbroken design. Should a cut-corner bedspread'be desired, however, the fabric section 1 'may be cut on the line of the design outline, thereby eliminating the'square cor-- ners of the fabric sectionbeyond said outline. In this form, inithe use.of the bedspread the lengths 5 and 6 of the design outline fit around the corner post of the bedstead, so' that the bedspread; will fit the sides and ends of the bed with the edges of the depending flaps ineontact. In this position the border. designs match. and present a continuous unbroken design effect.

The article produced under the presentinvention therefore, is adapted for. either the rectangular bedspread or the cut-corner bedspread, and this without interfering with or affecting the continuity of the design presented.

Informing the cut-corner bedspread it will be understood, of course, that but two of the corners'may be out if desired, so as to adapt the bedspreadfor fitting the. lower corner posts of the bedstead, in which event the desi n outline maybe formed. to eliminate the engths 5 and 6 at one end of thefabric section and. that after cutting the fabric section along the design outline, the resultant edge may be finished y working out b hand or machine with any desired materia such {for exam le by 'embroidering. with white or.

.colored t eadb Having thus described the invention What is claimed as new,"is:

. 1; As an improved article of manufacture, a bedspread orthe like oomprising'a wovenfabric section having a design outhne'spaced. from the edges of the fabric section and vary-. .ing from the edge outline of said section,

saiddesign outline'providing a line of cut for severingthe bedspread from the fabric sec- 2. As an improved article of manufacture,

a'beds'pread or the like comprising a woven fabric section having a design outline spaced from the edges of the fabric section, said design outline marking a body portion having a central section and an endfiap and side fiaps projecting therefrom, said design outhne providing a line of cut for severing said body portion from the fabric section.

' 3'. As an improved article'of manufacture,

a bedspread or the like comprising a'woven fabric section having a design outline spacedfrom the edges of the fabric section and varying from the edge outline of said section, a design border line arranged within and conformin to the design outline, "said design outline, a complete central design arranged within and spaced from the design border line and independent edge designs arranged .within the design border line and between the latter and the central design.

5. As an improved article of, manufacture, a bedspread or the like comprising .a woven fabric section having a body pattern and "a design outline spaced fr'om the body pattern and from the ed es of the fabric section, said design outline eing arran ed in part to extend inwardly on angulary related lines outside of the body pattern and at the corners of at least one end of the fabric section, said design outline defining a line of severance whereby the said corners may be cut out to form recesses outside the body pattern, leaving the adjacent end and sides of the bedspread relatively'free to form distinct flaps;

6. As an improved article of manufacture, a woven bedspread or the like comprising a fabric section having a design outline spaced ing portions of the sides and one end of the from the edges of the section and extending body relatively free to provide flaps. 10 inwardly on relatively angular lines at the In testimony whereof, I affix my signature corners of at least one end of the section, said in presence of two witnesses.

design outline defining a line of demarcation CHARLES L. CHRISTMANN. along which the section may be cut to leave Witnesses: a finished edge and recesses at the said corl DAVID W. GOULD,

ners, whereby to provide a bedspread hav- I JOHN L. FLETCHER. 

